《絕地戰兵2》執行長曾呼籲玩家「先別買遊戲」，事後遭索尼官方打電話關切
去年爆紅的多人合作射擊遊戲《絕地戰兵2》（Helldivers 2），成為 PlayStation 史上銷售速度最快的遊戲。但不少人應該還記得，《絕地戰兵2》遊戲發行初期因大量玩家湧入，導致伺服器不堪負荷經常斷線。而《絕地戰兵2》開發商 Arrowhead Game Studios 執行長 Johan Pilestedt，近日在 GDC 2025 開發者大會演講中，回顧了這段混亂的時期。
根據外媒 PCGamer 報導，Pilestedt 提到《絕地戰兵2》上市後受獲得玩家熱烈歡迎，口耳相傳下，直接引爆玩家社群，讓當時的開發團隊措手不及。由於伺服器難以承受超乎預期的龐大玩家數量，導致大量的斷線情況和玩家抱怨，Pilestedt 更是直接在在 X（推特）上建議玩家可以等伺服器穩定後再購買。
然而言論卻讓 Pilestedt 坦言收到索尼的關注，在他發文後沒多久，馬上接到 PlayStation 高層的電話，質問他：「你到底在搞什麼鬼？」。雖然 Pilestedt 的立意良善，但此讓玩家等遊戲穩定後再購買的言論，很顯然與索尼傳統觀念背道而馳。儘管如此，《絕地戰兵2》的銷售並沒有受到影響，仍然成為了接續 1 月的《幻獸帕魯》後，2024 年第二款千萬等級的大作。
If you have no cash, get it later. While we made a really fun game it's worth waiting until the servers can support the capacity.I mean, as a CEO I of course want the game to be as profitable as possible, but if you spent yr last $ and got stuck in server queues I'd be 💔
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) February 20, 2024
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